The annual South West Fly Fair takes place at Roadford Lake, Lifton, Devon, PL16 0RL on Sunday 26 February 2023 from 10am ~ 4pm
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Fishing Information: Fishing Events Advice and Articles
The Fishing articles below provide information and contact details for Angling Associations, Charities and Angling bodies
Not all are specific to Game, Coarse or Sea Fishing. All the clubs and associations cover our South West region - an area which includes Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire and a small part of Hampshire. We are keen to promote Angling events within our region. If you have an event or article you would like considered for publication on our website please email [email protected] along with your contact details.
South West Lakes | February 21 2023 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
Love Your Lakes Photography Competition 2025
Capture, Share, and Celebrate the Beauty of Our Lakes and what the lakes mean to you!
Our 2025 'Love Your Lakes' photography competition is now open for entries, inviting participants to capture and share what the lakes mean to them.... Read more
South West Lakes Trust | May 8 2025 | Tips and Advice
Chalk Stream Research Could Unravel Atlantic Salmon Declines Globally
Atlantic salmon have suffered a massive 70 per cent decline in the past 30 years and there is now an international effort in place to provide effective conservation and... Read more
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust | July 21 2009 | Other Articles
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Fish Legal (previously known as the Anglers' Conservation Association, founded in 1948) was set up to protect all coastal and inland waters in the United Kingdom from pollution and other damage. Water pollution, over-abstraction and habitat damage kills hundreds of thousands of fish each year, leaving a huge impact on aquatic ecosystems and local economies, not to... Read more
Fish Legal | July 10 2009 | Other Articles
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Mark Lloyd | May 29 2009 | Sea Fishing Articles: Tips and Advice
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For many years fly fishing has been touted as piscatorial elitism. Legend has it that only those born with a silver spoon in their mouth could possibly hope to afford the vastly expensive tackle and permits required to pursue noble game fish such as Trout or Salmon. There may have been some truth in this statement 50 years ago but modern... Read more
Nick Hart | May 26 2009 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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Historically the Dorset Stour between Blandford Forum and Wimborne Minster has provided a highly valued coarse fishery. However in recent years catches have fallen dramatically and poor fish recruitment has been detected by the Environment Agency’s monitoring teams. This has led to local angling clubs, Landowners, the Barbel Society and the Environment Agency to work together to develop a... Read more
Allan Frake | May 27 2009 | Coarse and Carp Fishing Articles
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A skilled fisherman will always succeed even if the tackle he is using is less than ideal but having the right selection of gear will certainly give you a real edge - and that definitely applies to the trout fisherman on the rivers of South West England. Fortunately we live in a golden age of superb fishing tackle and, after more than half... Read more
Mike Weaver | May 26 2009 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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Chalk rivers are recognised as being one of the most managed types of river system in the UK, having suffered from excessive dredging and channel re-alignment for land drainage purposes, resulting in watercourses which are too wide and deep for natural river flows. This has destroyed habitats, damaged fish and vegetation communities, silted up gravels and disconnected the river with the flood... Read more
Allan Frake | May 27 2009 | Coarse and Carp Fishing Articles
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There is delight in the early years of angling that can live forever in the memory. The thrill when that first fish is brought to the water's edge, an intriguing creature from another dimension.I have taken several young people fishing over the last few years and most are... Read more
Wayne Thomas | May 27 2009 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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SWRA is the voice of riparian owners and game angling in the South West. It is the umbrella of the individual river associations in the South West and a powerful lobbying body regularly consulted by the Environment Agency and Government. Its main aim is to see salmon and sea trout stocks and the sport of angling for them return to their former glory.
As with many aspects of... Read more
Roger Furniss | July 10 2009 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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Both regular and occasional anglers enjoy using the various fishing facilities provided by Wessex Water at its reservoirs in Somerset. The fisheries at Clatworthy, Hawkridge and Sutton Bingham reservoirs offer a friendly, personal service and the chance of sport in surroundings second to none. Durleigh reservoir, west of Bridgwater, provides coarse anglers with a similar opportunity.
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Wessex Water | May 27 2009 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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